Ralph W. Steen Library and Sesquicentennial Plaza

Excerpt from the dedication ceremony pamphlet: In 1983, the Student Government Association initiated the idea for the statue, a proposal that was embraced by the Administration and the Board of Regents as a Texas Sesquicentennial project. President Johnson appointed a committee of University and community leaders which recommended three finalists as sculptors and various sites as possible locations for the finished statue.

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Excerpt from the dedication ceremony pamphlet: In 1983, the Student Government Association initiated the idea for the statue, a proposal that was embraced by the Administration and the Board of Regents as a Texas Sesquicentennial project. President Johnson appointed a committee of University and community leaders which recommended three finalists as sculptors and various sites as possible locations for the finished statue.